Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Now with this direct link to the gallery!

In honour of this fine Friday the 13th, thought I’d take the opportunity to make a proper post about a highlight discovery of this past summer, Demon Potatoes by L. A. Cunningham… a mini-comic, and possible curse, acquired during the 2024 When Words Collide festival…

“The required capping exercise for the MLIS degree at the University of Alberta School of Library & Information Studies (SLIS) is an ePortfolio representing examples of the student’s course work, leadership and innovation potential, communication skills, and involvement in professional life”…

Here’s our Head Alien’s…

So if you’re a regular patron of the Butterflies & Aliens Library, you probably know that I have a particular fondness for alphabet books and also miniature books.

Well imagine my delight at discovering that Bruce Peel Special Collections has as part of its collection a miniature edition of The Eclectic Abecedarium by Edward Gorey…

So, yeah, it’s been another hot minute since we’ve added something the stacks here at the Butterflies & Aliens Library but life is like that sometimes. And while we’re still in the thick of things, we thought we’d better pop our heads up and at least say hi…

Okay, so April may have gotten a bit chaotic for us here at the Butterflies & Aliens Library. We meant to do a bit of an update earlier. We did not.

So we’re going to sneak in this one post as a Book of the Week for the whole month so we don’t completely miss out on posting in April…

This week’s Book of the Week is a double recommendation, first discovered by our Butterfly-in-Chief who then recommended it to our Head Alien, who has been recommending it widely, and now to you, dear patron…

Wednesday is BALLER Profile day, where we get to introduce you to some of the bookish people – authors, publishing professionals, library people, readers, and more – in our neighbourhood.

This week it’s my delight to introduce you to Philip Worré…

One of my favourite types of books to read are fiction novels set in a remote and cold setting with some intense survival element. And I figured out a long time ago that I love these types of books because I am a big wuss and would definitely die if I was the main character. Reading these kinds of books allows me to live these extreme circumstances without leaving the warmth and comfort of my home.

So, when I saw the cover of The White Road by Sarah Lotz on the bookstore shelf, pre-pandemic, I had to pick it up…